Print java api

Question

Can anyone give me an example of how to write simple text to a printer on an NT platform.
I have tried input and outputstreams, outputstreams and now i try strings. I always get invalid flavor but when i check the supported flavors the flavor is supported.
This is the latest sourcecode
import javax.print.*;
import javax.print.attribute.*;
import javax.print.attribute.standard.*;
import java.io.*;
     Author : Kevin Simons
     Version : 1.1
public class DocumentPrinter {
     PrintRequestAttributeSet aset = new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();
     String msg="";
     Method that sets the message
     @param <code>String</code> msg
     public void setMsg(String msg) {
          this.msg = msg;
     Method that gets the message
     @return <code>String</code> msg
     public String getMsg() {
          return msg;
public PrintService getPrinter() {
          aset.add(MediaSizeName.ISO_A4);
          aset.add(new Copies(1));
          PrintService service = PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService();
          return service;
     public void createNCNPrintJob(PrintService service) {
     msg="";
          try {
          String text = "Testing the default printer\t\tTest";
               DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.STRING.TEXT_PLAIN;
               DocPrintJob job = service.createPrintJob();
               Doc NCN = new SimpleDoc(this, flavor, null);
               job.print(NCN, aset);
          catch (Exception e) {
               msg += e;                    
What I want is that I can send the text from the memory straight to the printer. Without the use of a temp file.
Thx.

Answer 1

I have changed the flavor to AUTOSENSE but it doesn't print. The strange this is that the paper comes out when somebody else uses that printer to print a document. Did I forget something to do?
sourcecode:
import javax.print.*;
import javax.print.attribute.*;
import javax.print.attribute.standard.*;
import java.io.*;
     Author : Kevin Simons
     Version : 1.1
public class DocumentPrinter {
     PrintRequestAttributeSet aset = new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();
     DocAttributeSet dset = new HashDocAttributeSet();
     DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.AUTOSENSE;
     String msg="";
     Method that sets the message
     @param <code>String</code> msg
     public void setMsg(String msg) {
          this.msg = msg;
     Method that gets the message
     @return <code>String</code> msg
     public String getMsg() {
          return msg;
public PrintService getPrinter() {
          PrintService service = PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService();
          return service;
     public void createNCNPrintJob(PrintService service) {
     msg="";
          try {
               dset.add(MediaSizeName.ISO_A4);
               dset.add(new Copies(1));
               FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("temp.txt");
               DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(fos);
               dos.writeBytes("Testing the default printer\t\tTest");
               FileInputStream text = new FileInputStream("temp.txt");
               DocPrintJob job = service.createPrintJob();
               Doc NCN = new SimpleDoc(text, flavor, dset);
               job.print(NCN, aset);
          catch (Exception e) {
               msg += e;                    
}